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  • Sure it would. As a Soldier myself, I am sure if you contact an Army Base near you, there should be a "Division" or "Unit" historian. You could contact the Post museum most (if not all) have one. Either one will be able to help you and would be interested in the document. Your best bet is Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Leonard Wood is the home of the Army Engineer Corps. They would love to have the information for their museum I am sure. They have a website too if you want to contact them directly. I have included their information for you. http://www.wood.army.mil/MUSEUM/contact_information.htm The Engineer Museum is located at Fort Leonard Wood, MO, on the corner South Dakota and Nebraska Avenues. Fort Leonard Wood is located on Interstate Highway 44, 125 miles South West of St. Louis and 100 miles North East of Springfield, MO. The mailing address is: U.S. Army Engineer Museum ATTN: ATZT-PTM-PM Building #1607, Mailstop #18 427 Freedom Drive Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473-5165 Telephone: (573) 596-8015
  • ancestry.com might be interested. you could scan that document and put it up on the internet for all to see.
  • Yes, very much. The map you refer to is one of Arkhangelsk, Russia. The 310th Engineers were a part of the Polar Bear Expedition to northern Russia in the summer of 1918. This expedition was an inter-allied intervention by the US and the UK in the Russian Civil War to support the Whites and remains the only moment in history when US troops were on Russian soil. The campaign was a failure and the victorious Reds went on to form the Soviet Union. The history books in the US rarely mention this military action, but the Russians have never forgotten. So, the map you have is really a fascinating record of a nearly forgotten but fateful episode in the history of both countries.

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